Saturday

The past few days have been filled with loving on Josie, completing paperwork, and seeing some of what life is like in Guangzhou. We are beginning to see a few smiles from Josie...she is starting to peek out of her shell and we are so thankful!!  She's still serious most of the time, but we caught some smiles on camera, as you can see.

Yesterday we went to a beautiful park where we got to witness lots of Chinese culture, including older Chinese citizens engaging in all kinds of exercises, dances and games.  It was really peaceful and fun.  Some were doing tai chi, others were exercising at playground equipment, others were playing ping pong or badminton, and various groups were even singing together.

Today we walked through a Buddhist temple. It was very interesting to learn about the religion, but extremely sad to watch people of all ages bow in prayer to gold statues. The smell of burning incense and general aspects of spiritual darkness were heavy, and we were burdened by the way many Chinese people have been led astray. Please join us in prayer for these people who lack the truth and saving knowledge of Jesus.

We are praising God that He answered prayer today by finalizing Josie's passport and lap seat ticket for Wednesday's plane ride home.  We are so excited to bring her back to the US!

Love,
Hannah, Leah and Lydia

We flew over 8000 miles for this little girl's smiles!

This is the spot where Zen Buddhism was "invented."
Leah is not impressed.

Between the five of us, Josie gets held ... a lot!